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Topic: Show us your Dekley steel |
Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 6:35 am |
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I remember Wally Murphy playing the Williamtell overture as fast as lightning on a Deckley At the St. Louis steel guitar convention.
Let’s see them I just got my first one and I’m really impressed how well she plays an sounds
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Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 7:08 am
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| In my search for the best pedal an knee leaver action through the years I’ve had a lot of steels this seems too be the best one yet. If you could see her undercarriage you could see how well she’s engineered. I guess she’s overbuilt but it’s worth it. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 7:19 am dekley P.S.G
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here are a couple of mine that i had thru the years
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 7:33 am
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| Nice Paul, do you agree they have very good pedal an knee leaver action? |
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 8:34 am
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I had this one, but didn’t keep it...the pedal and knee action was very smooth and positive. HEAVY, but very nice sustain and a pleasant tone.
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 9:18 am dekley P.S.G
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Johnie
yes very good action pedals & knee levers.easy to work on i used msa parts to add more knee levers i just found one in Chicago that i am going to buy. great guitars
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 10:49 am
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I played a D10 8x4 705 pups for 16 years when I was a young strong man. They are heavy and play well with good tone.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 10:55 am
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| I had this Dekley for sale but I decided to keep her after I played her. She’s a sweetie!!! |
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 1:46 pm
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One of mine…
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 10 Jan 2019 7:39 pm
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My S12U owned now by Mike Wheeler.
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Jerry Dragon
From:
Gate City Va.
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Posted 31 Oct 2021 8:51 am
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4 pedals 5 knees
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2021 4:57 pm
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I've posted this before. It's in the midst of some changes. I redid the setup and will replace those pretty pickups with LXR-16s. So I took the "Custom Built for Bill Stroud" placard off because it's no longer the way it was.
Love the sound but I think the new pickups will even improve it. I'm just now beginning to get used to it being a D-12.
I set up the E9 neck like Rick Schmidt's D-12 |
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Peter Siegel
From:
Belmont, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2021 3:38 pm
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My D10 Dekley
I'm the original owner, and I still can't find a reason to get a different steel. Used on gigs, studio, it just sounds right.
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2021 7:03 am
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Pete: Did yours come with 9 pedals or did you add that. Don't know why I sold my first one except I wanted back to that Sho-Bud sound. Now I won't let go of either of these. BTW I lived in Belmont at 1900 Alden St. on the corner at the bottom of a steep hill until I was 10 yrs old.  |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 3:04 am
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Paul Wade - I'm sure you cherried out the Dekley you got from me.
That was my first pedal steel that I put a fretboard on. It also convinced me that for the fretboard steel to really work, it needed to have a second compensated bridge for it to fret in tune.
I'd love to see a pic of it now
I spent some time with Gene Fields in Arlington, TX, and played the MCI he put a fretboard on. A great idea, but lacking in the tuning department.
I'm sure the main inspiration for Gene was watching/hearing the great Thumbs Carlilile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqX49IJj0vA&list=RDEMePbDJ-8BseUFiXqPJRIXnA&start_radio=1
I was lucky to meet Ned Steinberger at a club Nashville and he designed the second compensated bridge for my Sierra.\
And yes, a Dekley is a great guitar to familiarize yourself with pedal steel mechanics and to work on.
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 6:17 am dekley d-10
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chris said:
From:
The Green Mountain State
Post Posted 21 Nov 21 3:04am Reply with quote
Paul Wade - I'm sure you cherried out the Dekley you got from me.
That was my first pedal steel that I put a fretboard on. It also convinced me that for the fretboard steel to really work, it
chris which one ?? dekley d-10 the brown one or the blue one?? i have been looking for my old blue one for years hope i could buy it back 
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Chris Templeton
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